Carlie Gibson broadcasting ABC World News live from the banks of the Great Miami River in Dayton
Charlie Gibson, anchor of ABC World News, visited Dayton yesterday. He reported on the economic situation in Dayton at the closing GM plants. He visited the Wright Brothers Bicycle Shop. He reported that Dayton, at one time, was the center of innovation and in his broadcast showed pictures of Dayton inventors such as John Patterson. Gibson broadcasted the 6:30 PM National News from the banks of the Great Miami River on Edwin C. Moses Blvd, across from the Job Center.
ABC News brought a huge bus and a number of backup trucks and vehicles and made a direct satellite link. Shown here is the ABC crew, getting ready for the 6:30 PM World News Report. Charlie had a beautiful view of Dayton in the late afternoon light.
Don Hammonds, the local news anchor of the ABC affiliate Channel 22, broadcasted his report from the same location.
